Definitions for crickkrɪk

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crick, kink, rick, wrick(noun)

a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)

Crick, Francis Crick, Francis Henry Compton Crick(verb)

English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)

crick(verb)

twist (a body part) into a strained position

"crick your neck"

WiktionaryRate this definition:(0.00 / 0 votes)

crick(Noun)

A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected. (Compare catch.)

crick(Verb)

to violently spasm.

Crick(ProperNoun)

A village in Northamptonshire, England

Crick(ProperNoun)

A habitational surname derived from the placename

Crick(ProperNoun)

Francis Crick co-discoverer of the structure of DNA

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:(0.00 / 0 votes)

Crick(noun)

the creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it

Crick(noun)

a painful, spasmodic affection of the muscles of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, rendering it difficult to move the part

Crick(noun)

a small jackscrew

Origin: [The same as creek a bending, twisting. See Creek, Crook.]

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Crick

Crick is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. It is close to the border with Warwickshire, 6 miles east of Rugby and 14 miles north-west of Northampton. The villages of Crick and West Haddon were by-passed by the A428 main road from Rugby to Northampton when the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal was built in 1996. The terminal is a short distance east of junction 18 the M1 motorway which is next to Crick. Crick's population in the 2001 census was 1,460.